SACD, Liszt (composer)
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First, you can take his peerless technical ability for granted. Next, he is blessed with a remarkable personal sound: it has the quality of a dark, warm roar from deep within the instrument,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2024, Editor's Choice
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2025, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Piano
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Here is Liszt playing of rare passion and musical integrity. There is no tip-toeing round the great B minor Sonata, no imposition of self-conscious effects or losing the thread through over-interpretation.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2006, Editor's Choice
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Wee conjures the compelling illusion of being both Mozart’s soloist and his orchestra... it ’s not every pianist who can lift those notes off the page – and Wee does a wonderful job of honouring... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Piano
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Panache is Kantorow’s strength throughout the program, but it is combined with probing emotional maturity, which is rare. I doubt that any prediction will come true for him other than the prediction... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
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As Simon Johnson admits, presenting two hours of music based on just four notes doesn’t sound a tantalising prospect, but this double album is full of revelations… Altogether, this is a remarkable... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Kantorow's approach rejects bombast in favour of an equable, mellow-toned artistry that's admirable in itself…Kantorow's way with [the Second Concerto], at once powerful and lucid, convinces... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Young Talent
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[Yamada] draws playing of felicitous polish, captivating flexibility and winning application throughout what is a most imaginative, distinctly moreish programme; indeed, on first acquaintance,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Even with center-of-the-repertoire material, performances of this level would merit an enthusiastic appreciation; with repertoire of this rarity, they’re doubly welcome. Add BIS’s warm and realistic... —
